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By Marty Robins - AOL News(July 16) -- President Barack Obama invited Bill Clinton and Warren Buffett to the White House this week for some advice on how to kick-start the economy's jobs machine -- something that the $787 billion stimulus package passed last year was supposed to achieve. But Obama doesn't need to go around seeking advice from ex-presidents or wise investors. The answers are pretty straightforward. In his recent Newsweek column, Fareed Zakaria talks about how "economic uncertainty" is "the primary cause of their caution." Mentioned only in passing, though, is how administration policies are ...
White House Mounts PR Blitz for Health Care Reform
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 7) -- The White House and its allies are launching a massive public relations campaign to convince a skeptical public that its historic health care reform legislation is just what the doctor ordered. But some Democratic partisans say the PR juggernaut wouldn't have been necessary if the administration hadn't lost control of the message in the first place. "Why is it that 60 percent of the public is confused about health care reform? Is it because they've done such a brilliant job communicating what the thing is about? Of course not," said Ted Marmor, author of "The Politics ...
Dennis Blair, Obama's National Intelligence Director, to Step Down
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRetired Adm. Dennis Blair will step down after a rocky tenure as President Barack Obama's national intelligence director, and the White House is already interviewing candidates to replace him. During a phone call with the president Thursday, Blair offered to resign and Obama said he would accept, ABC News reported. The resignation was expected as soon as Friday. Sources told ABC the president had lost confidence in Blair's ability to coordinate the nation's spy agencies, especially after intelligence failures involving the shooting at Fort Hood, the failed Christmas Day airliner bombing and ...
Obama Plan to Make Cheaper Coins Criticized by Businesses
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThose pennies and nickels in your pocket cost more to manufacture than they are worth. That's why the Obama administration wants to use cheaper materials -- possibly an aluminum alloy -- to make the coins. "Making coins from more cost-effective materials could save more than $100 million a year, which isn't just pocket change," said Dan Tangherlini, the Treasury Department's chief financial officer. But some businesses, particularly vending machine owners and laundromat owners, are preparing to fight the administration plan to downgrade nickels. They're worried that any change in weight ...
Top White House Lawyer Daniel Meltzer Resigns, Will Return to Harvard
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyDaniel Meltzer, a top administration lawyer who has worked on a host of high-profile issues for President Obama, will step down next month and return to academia, the White House announced Friday. Meltzer's last day as the principal deputy counsel to President Obama will be June 1, The New York Times reported. He will go back to his tenured position as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he teaches courses on the federal courts. "He's done everything," former White House counsel Gregory Craig, who picked Meltzer as his deputy, told the Times. "It's going to be a great loss for the ...
Schools Compete to Get President Obama as Commencement Speaker
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyPublic voting began Monday in a White House competition among high schools to get President Obama to deliver the commencement address. The "High School Commencement Challenge" is part of the Obama Administration's "Race to the Top" education program. Earlier this year schools across the country submitted applications -- along with essays and videos -- that show off their dedication to getting their students ready for college and a career. The White House selected six finalists: * Blue Valley Northwest High School (Overland Park, Kansas) * Clark Montessori Junior High and High School ...
Gates Calls Out Dangerous Gaps in US Defense Exports
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(April 20) -- In the fight to keep sensitive government technologies and equipment out of the wrong hands, the Obama administration plans a radical overhaul of a Cold War-era system more alert to the likes of Soviet spies than modern terrorists. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, discussing a review ordered by President Barack Obama last summer, said the current Defense Department and Commerce Department systems for licensing the export of such technologies are so deeply flawed, in fact, that they pose a national security threat. Susan Walsh, AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates discusses a review ...
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Can 'Friending' Feds Make Government More Open?
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(April 8) -- What are all those bureaucrats up to in Washington? In the not-too-distant future, you'll be able to find out simply by logging on to something like Facebook -- at least, that's what the Obama administration is promising. Some, however, remain dubious that government transparency is really a status update away. On Wednesday, all of the 29 national agencies in the president's Cabinet simultaneously published their own unique plans for putting unprecedented amounts of data online and engaging the public through social networks. Links to the plans are posted at the feds' newly ...
White House May Cancel Obama Meeting With Karzai
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyThe White House is signaling it might cancel next month's meeting between President Obama and Hamid Karzai, after recent anti-Western statements by the Afghan president. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said the planned meeting was still scheduled for May 12. However Gibbs later said that "we certainly would evaluate . . . continued or further remarks" by Karzai before deciding whether it's "constructive to have such a meeting," The Washington Post reported. In a speech Thursday, Karzai claimed the United Nations and other foreigners tried to fix the recent disputed presidential election, ...
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